Well, not quite….but it feels like it sometimes. Too bad the video quality is not good. So here are some still shots of my favourite view. Click to enlarge.
Archive for January, 2008
On top of the world….
Posted in Outdoors, South Korea, tagged Begundae, Bukhansan on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories”
Posted in Outdoors, South Korea, culture, tagged Adventure Korea, Hwacheon, ice fishing, sancheoneo on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The slogan of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival which is held every January on the River Hwacheon, Gangwon-do. There were ice sculptures, ice skating, sledding, ice football, ice buggies, a ’snowman photo zone’ (as if there weren’t already enough photo opportunities) and of course, ice fishing.
The sancheoneo (mountain trout) lives in waters of 20C or [...]
Ice Spike Hiking (and some other things)
Posted in Outdoors, South Korea, heritage sites, tagged Dobongsan, ice spikes, Inwangsan on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I bought ice spikes. They attach to your shoes to stop you from slipping when it’s snowy weather. They’re also very handy for scrambling up granite. So this weekend I packed my backpack full of warm clothes, packed myself full of warm food and headed out to the nether regions of Seoul to try [...]
3 stop train journey
Posted in Outdoors, South Korea, miscellaneous, tagged Buryeong Valley, ginseng, Homever, Jeongdongjin, Punggi on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went on a train journey. It had three stops. I took lots of pictures.
It was a mugunghwa train (second class), but there was quite a bit of room and the seats tilted back a lot. Somehow it felt more spacious than British trains. We departed Seoul at 11.40pm on friday 4th and journeyed east. [...]
Christmas!!!
Posted in South Korea, culture, miscellaneous, tagged christmas, mulled wine, noraebang on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2007, my first Christmas away from home, and I only had the one day off, so I wasn’t really sure what to do with myself. The other teachers were getting together for a potluck meal, so in the end I decided to join them as every other plan seemed too expensive or not ‘christmassy’ enough. [...]
